Milsurp After Hours

This is a build that I started yonks ago before licencing came in and it was registered but unfinished, so I've finally decided to get on with it.

The barrels are from a Spanish breech loader that was given to me as a basket case; the hammerless lockwork had given up the ghost and as it was, in my humble opinion, very ill designed without much regard to the laws of mechanics, I decided to put the excellent chrome bore barrels to good use.

Firstly I made two chamber inserts that are bored to form chambers leaving one inch of solid metal at the back.
I intended to make both of them from Nickel Aluminium bronze (which is tougher than mild steel) however after machining one I made the other out of mild steel, which was far easier to cut.
The cuts were gentle only a couple of thou at a time and were done on the side teeth and advancing from the outside to minimize any tendency to climb.

Finished up within a few thou of being square to the bores.

I'm using the tactic that having posted my initial progress I'll keep going.

I'm using the tactic that having posted my initial progress I'll keep going.

Didn't work with my model boat Eoin

I'm interested in seeing how this project goes. I'm aware that you have the technical gunsmithing ability to do it too.

Thanks for the kind remarks; here's a couple of shots of the stock blank.
I've had this for about 25 years so it's well seasoned!!
It's a piece of light coloured walnut (grown in Victoria, Aust.) and from the outside of the tree as there's a bit of sapwood on the tip of the forend, can't complain as it only cost me a couple of dollars at a gun show; someone's abandoned project.
It is still as I got it except that I sanded it a bit to get an idea of the grain and it doesn't look bad at all there is some figure and a hint of fiddleback.
Fortunately there is enough meat left to get the stock that I want out of it.

I think one of the most satisfying things about wood is the pleasure you get from working it from a rough piece to finished article and the progressive change as you do it.